Gaston Méliès and his Wandering Star Film Company (2005)

In 19121913 movie pioneer Gaston Méliès brother of Georges Méliès did a ten month long trip around AsiaPacific shooting both documentaries and fictions on location in Polynesia New Zealand Australia Java Singapore Cambodia and Japan He wanted the real thing he filmed with the locals being one of the first to give Polynesians Maoris Aborigines and Khmers a chance to appear on screen His hybrid cinema dealt with questions of alterity identity and representation